2025
What would we regret NOT DOING?
The question stalked me after mum’s funeral, prompting me to sit down & decide how we truthfully wanted to ‘spend’ the rest of our life - before we died too.
We knew what it was. But we feel terrified to do it.
Project VW reminds me, when I feel confused, lost, or scared, of the promise I made to myself after mum died, to do the thing I’d always regret not doing.
To be one of those self taught, self directed artists, living a fully creative life - hand making their own kind of art - 24/7!
To steadfastly believe in myself & trust our Abstract Antics creativity, whether others do or not.
To commit to a self directed, hands on, heart in, creative way of living day to day, freely expressing our natural curiosity & interests, in our abstract way.
To embrace the truth there really are no rules, no limits, no map, to any creativity.
It's all about inventing our own thing.
Making for our own purposes.
Finding & following our own path, day to day.
We always have a choice.
Ultimately sweetie, it’s really a creative journey ‘nowhere’ - just time well spent with ‘me, myself & I’, following our curiosity & imagination, playfully making everything up as we go along, to discover along the way, what are we creatively capable of?
BEING OUR REAL, NATURAL SELF
Being Vicky Walford. Knowing who she is, valuing that, & supporting her to express her creative voice however she wants. No rules, no limits, no map!
We recognize our imagination has been shaped by 60+ years of life experiences, wonky beliefs, twisted viewpoints, & misunderstood feelings about things. They all influence how we perceive & conceive things, how we explore, develop, & express our Abstract Antics. Curiosity drives our creativity, & when we trust it, we often discover surprising & delightful things we weren’t originally looking for xxx
MAKING THINGS
We LOVE hand making because we value the lived experiences of ‘working’ with materials in our hands, intuitively playing around with them, exploring what’s possible to make. Every experience gathered accumulates into a wealth of self knowledge & hands on know-how. It’s our unique inner library sweetie, accessible to no one else but us. Truly, there are no rules, no limits & no map - to what we can do creatively. Or how we can live our life from now on.
SELF DIRECTED LIVING
We want our own adventure thanks, without feeling we need to get anywhere at all - specific. Creative projects are really all unexpected journeys. We’re just wandering along in a general direction, staying open to making everything up as we go along, moment to moment.
Please remember we’ve got 60+ years of life experience tucked away to draw upon. You can trust our creative capability to resolve any challenges that pop up along the way. Honestly sweetie, together we’ve got this xxx
ENGAGEMENT WITH CREATIVITY
No more tiptoeing around it - solitude is our path!
We creatively thrive living away from the crowds.
When we nest close to nature, we can tune into our own nature without persistent distractions.
We yearn to work to our own natural rhythm & clock, with its wonderfully slow, wandering pace, working uninterrupted for long periods of time, letting ideas drift in & out, patiently giving our creative projects the freedom to ripen in their own time.
There are no rules, no limits, or maps to this place. There’s just diving into it, working with it, one step to the next, one day to the next, like swinging on the monkey bars at school xxx
(Statement of beliefs /aims that guide our actions & ideas / what we live by)
Live our life in our own way. We are neither right nor wrong if the crowd disagrees with us.
Think for ourselves. Put aside what others want us to do. Figure out what we truthfully want to do, & do that.
What we do & how we do it, matters - to me!
We always have a choice.
We really have to ask - what do we want to make? We have to support our creativity, & scratch our own itch.
Curiosity drives our creativity. We’re always exploring how things feel.
‘Abstract’ is our naturally occurring creative signature.
Embrace ourselves as we are, where we’re at. There really is nothing wrong with us xxx
The slow process of trial & error is the process that sharpens us.
One thing leads to the next. Follow the curious thread of ‘what if ?’
Relax. We’ll discover where we're going when we get there!
Leave spaces.
We’ll find out what happens next by taking the next step.
The work itself generates clarity & direction. Keep going!
The clutter is the path. Roll up your sleeves, dive in - anywhere!
Prioritize spending time with yourself. Solitude really is our path to wander.
Enjoy flaws, imperfections & bumps in the road. There are no mistakes.
Nothing is something. Something is nothing.
Disentangled from society expectations, we are better able to live in harmony with our natural self.
